University High School went into Monday with another positive COVID case of a student, which in turn put an additional 17 students, plus one teacher, into quarantine, the district announced. […]
Education
FODC youth craft series begins today
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Celebrate Water Day with environment-themed crafts and activities throughout the week led by Friends of Deckers Creek. Through collaboration with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Youth Environmental […]
Students get extension to apply for Promise Scholarship
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — In a recent special meeting, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission voted to extend the deadline for high school seniors to apply for the Promise Scholarship […]
Did curiosity kill the cat?
When I was nine years old, I asked my mother and older brother how people knew so much about the anatomy of the eyes and ears of humans. My mom […]
Mon Schools says ‘no apprehension’ in going before state Supreme Court to defend charter school denial
Call it equivalent of the old-school assignment that required a student to stand up in front of the class to deliver a book report. Only this one involves a proposed […]
National report says women and minorities lag behind in salaries
Six-figure salaries are not uncommon at West Virginia University. Both men and women – minorities included – make in excess of $100,000. But a recent survey from the College and […]
House Judiciary OKs bill to bar trans athletes from certain school sports
MORGANTOWN – A House bill to bar transgender athletes from participating in certain sports won the approval of the Judiciary Committee on Friday. HB 3293 would apply to single-sex teams […]
Two positive cases put 100 into quarantine at UHS
MORGANTOWN — Two equals 100 (plus) at University High School. At least it did Friday. Which is why the COVID disinfecting crew of Monongalia County’s school district will likely put […]
First student- to-student virus case
Thursday’s positive COVID diagnosis of a Mountaineer Middle student may have given the school a pandemic designation Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. was hoping to avoid. “It looks like we’re probably […]
Sunshine Week: The cost of COVID in Mon schools
This is one in a series of articles to mark Sunshine Week, which is a national initiative to educate the public about the importance of open government. The pandemic doesn’t […]
